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Captain Jarome Iginla had five points against the Lightning, including two goals for 400 in his career, and his 834 points set a Calgary record, surpassing Theo Fleury's 830.

But the night ultimately belonged to Tampa Bay, which scrounged an 8-6 victory to finish a three-game western Canada road trip 1-2.

Vinny Lecavalier's 27th goal, his second of the game and 300th of his career, 8:32 into the third gave the Lightning a 7-5 lead.

That came after Ryan Malone's 22nd goal — a redirect of Mark Recchi's pass 2:39 into the third — broke a 5-5 tie forged 14 seconds into the period by Iginla's milestone goal and 26th of the season.

Lecavalier's three-point game was bested by Recchi, who had a franchise-record five assists. It also gave him 1,426 points, passing Bryan Trottier, his boyhood idol, for 14th all time.

"It shows we're not going to give up on the coaching staff, and we're not going to give up on each other," Recchi said. "We have a lot of pride in this dressing room. We're going to play for each other."

Said coach Rick Tocchet: "We never thought they would (give up). Sure, you get upset at the way they play sometimes. But they never give up. It was a nice win for us. It was nice to see some guys get some goals."

Calgary, which lost in regulation for the first time in 11 games, made it interesting with Todd Bertuzzi's goal with 3:14 left, its third power-play goal. But St. Louis' empty-netter, his 22nd goal and second of the game, with 31.4 seconds left, finished the scoring.

The bad news: Defenseman Marek Malik was lost to a lower-body injury. His status is unknown.

The Lightning (21-30-12) turned the game with a four-goal second in which St. Louis, Lecavalier, Steven Stamkos and Vinny Prospal scored, the last three in a 3:30 span to give it a 5-4 lead.

Stamkos' two points gave him 29 for the season, on 13 goals and 16 assists, to surpass Lecavalier's 28-point rookie output.